Knockapart toy



Dec. 28, 1948. G. E. FROELICH KNOCKAPART TOY Filed Jan. 24, 1947INVENTOR GEORGE E.FROELICH ATT RNEYS Patented Dec. 28, 1948 UNITEDSTATES PA ENT ()FFICE Application January 24, 1947, Serial No. 724,209

1 Claim. 1

My invention refers to toys and it has for its primary object to providea body in imitation of a battle tank, boat, animal or other design,having a spring actuated platform controlled by a lock and releasetrigger. The body is provided with a compartment for a plurality ofbuilding blocks of any form, which may be built in an assemblage orfanciful design, depending upon the ingenuity of the player. Theseblocks are assembled upon the face of the platform and thereafter themanually operated trigger is tripped whereby the block assemblage isprojected upwardly in a shower. Briefly, the toy is of the knock-downbuilding type having a storage compartment for the blocks which are tobe fancifully built up upon the platform, whereby upon the release ofthe same, the built-up blocks are knocked down and scattered in the airby a trip finger.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of thephysical embodiment of the present invention constructed according tothe best mode so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a body embodying the features ofmy invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same with parts broken away and insection to more clearly illustrate structural features.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation showing particularly thepivoted spring controlled platform.

Figure 4 is a cross section of the same, the section being indicated byline 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is another cross sectional View particularly illustrating theplatform and trigger mechanism, the section being indicated by line 55of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating another block assemblagemounted upon a fragment of a platform.

Referring by characters to the drawings, I indicates the bottom of askeleton body folded upwardly to form a block compartment I having adownwardly extended wall I, which wall is se- 2 cured to the bottom, theblocks assembled therein being indicated by the letter A.

The forward end of the body is also folded upwardly and inwardly forminga loop 2 terminat ing with a downwardly inclined brace wall 2' alsosecured to the bottom face of the body I.

The upper face of the loop 2 carries apertured ears 3 for the receptionof pintles 4, which pintles extend laterally from a flat platform 5.

The free end of this platform is provided with a vertical flange 5',which flange abuts the body wall I and terminates with a lip 5".

The platform, when in the position shown in full lines of Figure 1 ofthe drawings, is under tension by a looped spring 6, which spring iscoiled about the pintles 4 and has ends 6 extending inwardly and about acorner of the body loop 2, it being understood that the spring, at itsouter end, passes under the platform 5.

The platform 5 is locked in its normal position by a trigger 1 that ispivoted to an ear 8, which extends from the body wall I". The trigger isprovided with a locking nose l adapted to engage the flange lip 5" ofthe platform. The trigger is also provided with a trip finger 1 thatextends outwardly from its body portion and said trigger is held in itslocked position, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, by a spring 9engaging ghel tail of the trigger and the bottom wall I of said Forornamentation, the pivoted platform I may be provided with a barrel ordome B adjacent the pivoted end thereof.

While I have shown a simple skeleton form of body it is manifest thatsaid body may be in various fanciful shapes pleasing to the eye andwhile the rectangular blocks A are shown stacked in a compartment of thebody, they may obviously be independently housed and it should also beunderstood that these blocks irrespective of their design are preferablyfinished in different colors for attractive ornamentation.

As shown in Figures 1 and 6 of the drawings, the blocks are piled uponthe upper face of the platform in various designs, for example the builtup block design in Figure 1 of the drawings, may suggest a cannon.

After the block design is assembled, when it is desired to explode orscatter the same, the player simply trips the finger l" of the triggerwhereby the spring controlled platform will rock upwardly and dischargethe blocks in a shower, as indicated in dotted lines of Figure 1 of thedrawings. When the table or platform 5 is tripped, it will produce asound which will tend to increase the pleasure of the player and in someinstances, I may, without departing from'the spirit of my invention,increase the sound by a suitable hammer effect which will developincidental to tripping of the platform.

I claim:

In a knock-down building block toy comprising a skeleton body having alooped end forming a block storage compartment, a, spring actuatedplatform pivoted to, the body, a lip extending from the free end of theplatform, a spring controlled lock and release trigger pivoted to thebody having a nose engageable with the platformlip, a manuallycontrolled finger extending from 4 the trigger, and a plurality ofbuilding blocks adapted to be assembled in fanciful design upon theplatform, whereby upon release of the same, the said assemblage ofblocks is scattered up- 5 wardly.

GEORGE E. FROELICH.

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